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Asharq Al-Awsat
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Iran’s ‘Anger’ Among 3 Reasons for Growing Economic Paralysis in Syria

Workers set up a Christmas tree at al-Hatab square, one of the oldest in Syria's northern city of Aleppo, on December 12, 2022. (AFP)

No one can deny that the economic crisis in Syria is unprecedented. But what are the real reasons for it? Why isn’t Iran helping in resolving it as it had helped the regime throughout the past decade? And will that lead to “political concessions” from Damascus?

The economic crisis in recent years has reached new unprecedented lows. The Syrians have been plunged in a dark abyss that is deepest in government-held regions. They will feel the bite of the crisis even more with the advent of the bitter winter.

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